We've just seen some of Planet Earth III. Amazing and scary.
Richard Attenborough said that since they did the first Planet Earth (20 years ago) the animal numbers haver decreased by 30%.
There are 8,000,000 different species on the Earth, 1,000,000 are threatened with extinction.
In the Amazon, 16,000,000,000 trees have been felled.
75% of our agriculture lands is used to raise meat for us to eat, either for the animals or for fodder for them. This is very inefficient usage of our land.
If we move to a more plant based diet, that will help.

Sprintcyclist wrote on Jan 9^th, 2024 at 8:55pm:

Richard Attenborough said that since they did the first Planet Earth (20 years ago) the animal numbers haver decreased by 30%. There are 8,000,000 different species on the Earth, 1,000,000 are threatened with extinction.

Not according to the IUCN Red List. The numbers are about 44,000. Not good but nowhere near one million.

Richard Attenborough? The bloke who said climate change caused the walrus to fall from a cliff. He ignored his own footage, released at a later date showing them being chased by cuddly polar bears. So how much credit to give to Attenborough, when he lies so much?  It is called noble cause corruption. ::)


Sprintcyclist wrote on Jan 9^th, 2024 at 8:55pm:

75% of our agriculture lands is used to raise meat for us to eat, either for the animals or for fodder for them. This is very inefficient usage of our land.

It is not inefficient, it is very efficient...as long as governments keep their hands off.


Sprintcyclist wrote on Jan 9^th, 2024 at 8:55pm:

If we move to a more plant based diet, that will help.

No it won't the range lands don't support crop production. There is no shortage of food. There are supply problems, and a lot of that is because warlords control a lot of the supply chain to the end user. ::)

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Not according to the IUCN Red List. The numbers are about 44,000.

Just because it isn't on a list does not mean it isn't threatened. We do not even have a list of every species that exists.

lee wrote on Jan 9^th, 2024 at 9:34pm:

It is not inefficient, it is very efficient...as long as governments keep their hands off.

Er...feeding animals with food,  to get food - is inefficient.


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No it won't the range lands don't support crop production.

Europe, India, China and SE Asia don't have extensive "range lands".


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There is no shortage of food.

Correct, but there is mismagement of land and other scarse resources, to feed animals for food.


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There are supply problems, and a lot of that is because warlords control a lot of the supply chain to the end user. ::)

Warlords in the USA, Argentina and Oz?

thegreatdivide wrote on Jan 10^th, 2024 at 10:51am:

Er...feeding animals with food,  to get food - is inefficient.

Eat the green grass then, I don't care.


thegreatdivide wrote on Jan 10^th, 2024 at 10:51am:

Europe, India, China and SE Asia don't have extensive "range lands".

And NONE are in Australia. Australia's range lands are largely rock strewn. ::)


thegreatdivide wrote on Jan 10^th, 2024 at 10:51am:

Correct, but there is mismagement of land and other scarse resources, to feed animals for food.

So on the one hand there is mismanagement of enough food but on  the other we have"scarse (sic) resources" which do not impact on the level of food. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D


thegreatdivide wrote on Jan 10^th, 2024 at 10:51am:

Warlords in the USA, Argentina and Oz?

So where is the shortage of food due to supply chain issues in USA, Argentina and Oz? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

freediver wrote on Jan 10^th, 2024 at 9:57am:

Just because it isn't on a list does not mean it isn't threatened. We do not even have a list of every species that exists.

And still they can't come up with that number.

It is a claim made by Attenborough. The Sixth Mass Extinction Event that is not happening. It was computer derived by guessing numbers of taxa, including those not yet found, and extrapolating known extinctions, and voila we have a Sixth Mass Extinction Event. Totally fraudulent.  ::)

lee wrote on Jan 10^th, 2024 at 12:08pm:

thegreatdivide wrote on Jan 10th, 2024 at 10:51am: Er...feeding animals with food,  to get food - is inefficient. Eat the green grass then, I don't care.

I accept your concession re efficiency; and if you don't know how tasty red kidney beans, borlotti beans, etc are, you're the loser. 


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And NONE are in Australia. Australia's range lands are largely rock strewn. ::)

The UN is concerned with sustainable food production in the world, not only Oz.


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So on the one hand there is mismanagement of enough food but on  the other we have"scarse (sic) resources" which do not impact on the level of food. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

A wonderful display of the crippled RW brain at work;
more efficient food production (by eliminating meat) is one consideration, alongside  the issue of land and water resources which DO impact food production. 


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So where is the shortage of food due to supply chain issues in USA, Argentina and Oz? ;D ;D ;D ;

The point is sustainable global food production; floods and droughts obviously impact food production in Africa and Oz and elsewhere. 

thegreatdivide wrote on Jan 11^th, 2024 at 11:46am:

I accept your concession re efficiency; and if you don't know how tasty red kidney beans, borlotti beans, etc are, you're the loser.

There was no concession there. Nice try tho'.


thegreatdivide wrote on Jan 11^th, 2024 at 11:46am:

The UN is concerned with sustainable food production in the world, not only Oz.

So you can't link it to Oz. Good to know that sometimes you admit your limitations. ;)


thegreatdivide wrote on Jan 11^th, 2024 at 11:46am:

A wonderful display of the crippled RW brain at work; more efficient food production (by eliminating meat) is one consideration, alongside  the issue of land and water resources which DO impact food production.

How does one eliminate meat. Any animal has meat. Humans, lions tigers, buffalo, kangaroos. To eliminate meat is to kill al animals. What are the advantages of eliminating meat for human consumption? And don't tell us methane, because it is a gas emitted by all mammals, as well as termites, the largest source in the world. ::)


thegreatdivide wrote on Jan 11^th, 2024 at 11:46am:

The point is sustainable global food production; floods and droughts obviously impact food production in Africa and Oz and elsewhere.

It was your contention and you can't back it up. ;D ;D ;D ;D

Floods and droughts have always been with us. Next you will be telling us we can control the weather. So is it a hot dry summer like BoM forecast, over east? ;)

lee wrote on Jan 11^th, 2024 at 3:54pm:

How does one eliminate meat.

The subject is consumption of meat for food...


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Any animal has meat.

Sloppy statement, all animals "are" meat, some animals eat meat.


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Humans, lions tigers, buffalo, kangaroos. To eliminate meat is to kill al animals. What are the advantages of eliminating meat for human consumption? And don't tell us methane, because it is a gas emitted by all mammals, as well as termites, the largest source in the world. ::)

A totally irrelevant paragraph (like you...)


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Floods and droughts have always been with us. Next you will be telling us we can control the weather. So is it a hot dry summer like BoM forecast, over east? ;)

And the world is now faced with feeding  8 billion people.

Careful now.....the next famine is not far away. 

thegreatdivide wrote on Jan 11^th, 2024 at 5:58pm:

The subject is consumption of meat for food...

So what happens to the animals that provide meat?


thegreatdivide wrote on Jan 11^th, 2024 at 5:58pm:

Sloppy statement, all animals "are" meat, some animals eat meat.

Thank you for agreeing with me. ::)


thegreatdivide wrote on Jan 11^th, 2024 at 5:58pm:

A totally irrelevant paragraph (like you...)

And you. ::)


thegreatdivide wrote on Jan 11^th, 2024 at 5:58pm:

And the world is now faced with feeding  8 billion people.

And yet you have shown no data saying that we need the land currently carrying stock to be used for crops. Talk about irrelevant. ::)


thegreatdivide wrote on Jan 11^th, 2024 at 5:58pm:

Careful now.....the next famine is not far away.

OOh Another Nostra Dumb Ass. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

lee wrote on Jan 11^th, 2024 at 6:24pm:

So what happens to the animals that provide meat?

They don't get born into meat farms.


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Thank you for agreeing with me. ::)

Your statement was meaningless, I clarified it for you.


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And yet you have shown no data saying that we need the land currently carrying stock to be used for crops.

See the UN's calculations re sustainable food production; CO2 emissions are not the only concern. 

thegreatdivide wrote on Jan 13^th, 2024 at 11:47am:

They don't get born into meat farms.

Wow. Such a non-answer. The question was what happens to them? Are they not born, are they killed but not to provide meat, are they allowed to roam wherever they will? ::)


thegreatdivide wrote on Jan 13^th, 2024 at 11:47am:

Your statement was meaningless, I clarified it for you.

Nope you didn't and responded stupidly. ::)


thegreatdivide wrote on Jan 13^th, 2024 at 11:47am:

See the UN's calculations re sustainable food production; CO2 emissions are not the only concern.

You mean like the FAO which shows increasing crop yields?  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

lee wrote on Jan 13^th, 2024 at 12:28pm:

thegreatdivide wrote on Jan 13th, 2024 at 11:47am: They don't get born into meat farms. Wow. Such a non-answer. The question was ...

Low IQ crippled-brain asking th wrong question; the animal farms have to be closed down during the transition to meatfree diet. No more animal breeding, while the present population die off. 

thegreatdivide wrote on Jan 13^th, 2024 at 12:34pm:

No more animal breeding, while the present population die off.

Do you want them fed? You know, the grain that doesn't get to the people because there is a severe shortage, according to you. ;)

Perhaps you want grasshoppers as a meat substitute, but they have eyes and mothers too. So not on a vegan diet. ::)